Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-08-26
TO-MORROW'S ELECTION
For School Bonds to Sup
ply Room for Scholars.
LIST OF POLLING PLACES,
Reasons Why Every Person Should
Vote for the Issuance of
the Bonds.


sued for building several new school
houses and making additions to sew
eral of the old ones. A week ago the
HERALD called attention to the need
there is in this city for additional fa-
cilities for the education of children,
and the election will take place to-
morrow. If the schools were now in
session and the parents of
the 1000 children who cannot
obtain seats were aware of the fact,
they would turn out and vote in full
force. As it is every father of chill
dren should vote for the bonds because
he cannot know but his child will be
one of those unfortunate enough to be
unable to secure seat. 1t has been
demonstrated that this city has been
growing in population right along, but
while this has been going on the
school department has been unable to
furnish accommodations for the rea-
son that there was no money
TO do it with. An attempt was
made tn provide schooling for some of
the scholars by forcing one poorly
paid teacher to teach two classes "a
day. There were over twenty class
rooms in the city which were occupied
by one set of children in the morning
and another in the afternoon. BY
these means large number of chill
dren have been given some education,
but the city has grown so large and is
growing SO fast that these double
classes will have to be increased until
all the children are only half edu-
Gated.
A prominent citizen, yesterday, in
talking about the schools, said that it
is very important that there should
be more attention given to the educa-
fional matters. cit is useless to try
to boom to any great extent city
where there are not sufficient school
accommodations. The first question
asked by the head of family hen
approached on the subject of making
a home in Los Angeles is, "Are there
good schools 2" and "Are they near to
the land offered?" If these cannot
be answered satisfactorily, it is found
to be very hard to induce them to come
here. If the real estate men realized
how important it is that school facili-
ties should be provided they would
vote for the bonds. Whenever new
town is started, one of the first build
ings erected is the school house, and
yet in Los Angeles large tracts OF land
ars subdi ii led AMI new houses are
built, but those who own the property
never think of setting aside IA lot for "a
school house, but expect to force all
the children into the school houses
that now exist. 1t would
Sc sm to those who are interested
that it would be "a good plan
for those who are subdividing tracts
to set aside a lot and present it to the
school department with the provision
that a school be built upon it. This
would no doubt he done by the Board
OF Education, especially in some
localities, and even if fifty lots were
given in various portions of the city, as
soon as those districts filed up, the
school house could be built If every
body thought as do there would be
as many votes cast tomorrow as at
the general election"
Another citizen said that it seemed
strange to him that the Board of Trade
had not taken up the matter and
offered its aid at this crisis. "That
body is anxious to obtain land for a
Branch Home for soldiers, and while
/ admit that this would be a great
thing for this city, it is plain that COM
modious schools would be more so.
The Board of Trade ought to urge
everyone to vote for the bonds and
then it ought also to urge that parties
donate property for school purposes. II
seems to me that in educational
matters the people are always too slow
to move. They go ahead with other
improvements to the city rapidly
enough but leave the schools until the
last. If the $l50,0OO is voted and
property is held too high it won't
go very far toward furnishing accomo-
dations, but if lots are donated then
the whole account can be put into
buildings. think some move should
be made in this direction"
These are only two of the
many opinions obtained upon this
important matter, but they will show
how those feel who are interested in
the welfare of the city. In order that
no one may forget where to vote to-
morrow the following is given:
The polling places for said election
will be as follows:
For the First ward-The Southern
Hotel, San Fernando street.
For the Second ward-SupervisCrs'
room, county courthouse.
For the Third ward-Park hose
house, Spring street.
For the Fourth ward-Engine house
No. Main street.
For the Fifth ward-Morris Vine
yard hose house, California street.
The following-named persons were
appointed to act respectively as
judges and inspectors of said election,
10 hold, conduct and make returns
therehf:
First ward-Inspector, G. B. Wood
head; judges, i. f. Mosher and E. G..
Tice.
Second ward-Inspector, j. r. Bri-
erly; judges, r. Miller and John
Fischer.
Third ward-Inspector, William Os-
borne; judges, F. j. Gilmore, w. w.
Robinson.
Fourth ward-Inspector. III. d. Bar
rows; judges, o. IL. Bliss, W. II. Rus.
sell.
Fifth ward-Inspector, J. M. Stew
art judges, Frank Goodenor, d. Nc
Garry.
A Big Irrigation scheme.